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Hans Schwedler
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Hans Schwedler (born October 17, 1878 in Berlin) was a German soldier who served in both World War I and World War II. He served as an SSPF in Krakau from 1940 to 1941. He served in the German army from 1898 (as a Leutnant) to 1919 as a company and battalion commander. Schwedler took his own life on May 2, 1945 in Hechendorf. Position Timeline <ref name=":0" /> * German Army as Leutnant - 1898 * Der Stahlhelm (joined) - 1920 * The NSDAP (joined)- Feb. 1931 * SS-Scharführer (promoted) - March 1, 1933 * SS-Oberscharführer (promoted) - May 15, 1933 * Commissioned as SS-Sturmführer - July 31, 1933 * Promoted to SS-Obersurmführer - November 9, 1933 * Promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer - April 20, 1934 * Instructor at SS officer school in Bad Tölz - December 1934 to January 1938 * Instructor at SS officer school in Braunschweig - Until January 1940 * Promoted to SS-Oberführer - January 30, 1940 * Assigned to the SS-Totenkopfverbände inspectorate - January to July 1940 * Became SSPF of Krakau - July 1940 * Promoted to Waffen-SS-Oberführer - August 4, 1941 * Waffen-SS Polizei under Hans-Adolf Prützmann - March 1942 to August 1943 * Promoted to SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor - November 9, 1942 * Assigned to SS-Führungshauptamt - August 1943 to March 1944 Awards <ref name=":0" /> WWI * Iron Cross (both classes) * Wound Badge in Black WWII * War Service Cross (both classes) 
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